Vain By Fisher Amelie

Chances are, unless you've been living under a rock, far away from Amazon or Goodreads, you've heard of Fisher Amelie, or maybe her newest hit Vain.

 

You may have seen one of these covers.

The second one is the newest one, as Fisher said someone thought the first looked too supernatural or paranormal...

 

I thought it was beautiful, as I do of the second. 

 

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Approximately 8 months ago, I wrote one of my first reviews for the incredible Mrs. Fisher Amelie for her first hit, Callum & Harper.  I would have told you at that time no one, including Fisher herself could out do it.  I WAS WRONG.

Vain does that, by miles.

It’s phenomenal. It’s not just a love story- which is included, but it’s a life changer.  It’s philosophical in surprising ways.  It’s educational and issue aware.

It’s my newest favorite of 2012. As a matter of fact, I could re-read this again, right now, just because it’s that good.

 

Sophie Price is VAIN.  She knows it, and with lines like this, we know it:

Well, expect that fact that I was exponentially better looking, but why beat a dead horse?

 

Sophie is pretty much spoiled, ignored by her parents and dying for attention, so she acts out with drugs, sex, and manipulation.  The boys all want her, and the girls want to be her.  But after getting caught with drugs for a second time, she gets sentenced to six months in an orphanage in Uganda.  It’s there that Sophie changes, both inside and out.  The things she sees and experiences help her “break the cycle” and transform her for the better.  (A few of my favorite lines for emphasis… J)

 

“No one can know sincere happiness, Sophie, without first having known sorrow. One can never appreciate the enormity and rareness of such a fiery bliss without seeing misery, however unfair that may be.”

 

 

That’s what I needed.  I needed to be owned, loved.  But not by a man. I knew then that I never needed to be kept by a man.  What I needed was to love myself, to want to keep myself around.

 

 

“And what is there to be joyful about?" I asked honestly, thinking on the images of dead children curled into themselves at the village. Another burst of silent tears streamed down.
"Life, Sophie. They still live. They breathe, they love each other, they find joy in the world around them for no other reason than because they are children. They are resilient. They will always rise above. Always. It is a curious facet of the innocent young.”

 

 

But as I said before too, there is a love story, and it’s a great one; a deep one.  During this time she meets Ian, and while I don’t want to go into too much detail, I’ll include of some my favorite lines:

 

 

“The shortest distance between two points is the line from me to you.”

 

 

A small tear fell down my face. “We almost died, Ian.”

He wrapped his arms around my frame and brought my head to his chest.  “We’re alive.”

“But…”

“Shhh,” he spoke into my hair, “I told I’d protect you, didn’t I?”

“You did,” I confirmed into his shirt.

“I would never let anything happen to you, Soph.”

 

 

“The truth is, I’m so deep in love with you, I can’t see straight.  The truth is, I’ve been afraid to admit it to myself, let alone you.  The truth is, I’m terrified.”

 

 

“If we don’t make it out of this alive, Sophie Price, I want you to know that I’ve never loved anyone as much as I love you. You’re it for me.”

 

 

Now, I’ll close this up here, as this is probably ones of the longest reviews I’ve written, but just suffice to say, don’t let the blurb fool you, because frankly (and sorry Fisher, or Fisher’s publisher) it just doesn’t do the story justice.  There’s so much more going on than what’s listed there.  So take my word, my rating and the rating of say 100 others, as proof, THIS IS A FIVE PLUS STAR READ.

I’d also like to clarify that I said just a few weeks ago, that there’s few authors I will read literally anything they write (others being Colleen Hoover, Jamie McGuire, Chelsea Fine)- novels, blogs, status updates, whatever.  Fisher Amelie makes that list.

 

 

*She is also doing a giveaway on her blog, which I recommend because you can win a Kindle Fire stocked with Vain.  But don't let that be the way you read Vain-- read it now, and cross your fingers you win an extra copy too.  :)